Thursday, November 14, 2013

HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCESubcommittee on Energy and Power9:30 a.m. 2123 Rayburn Hearing entitled "EPA's Proposed GHG Standards for New Power Plants"; and a measure regarding the Whitfield-Manchin legislation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

HOUSE NATURAL RESOURCES10:00 a.m. 1324 Longworth Arkup on the following legislation: H.R. 1308, the "Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation D1075Prevention Act"; H.R. 2798, to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; H.R. 2824, the "Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America"; H.R. 3008, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California, and for other purposes; H.R. 3188, the "Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act"; and H.R. 3189, the "Water Rights Protection Act", 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

SENATE ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES9:30 a.m. SD-366 Business meeting to consider S. 753, to provide for national security benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss, S. 1169, to withdraw and reserve certain public land in the State of Montana for the Limestone Hills Training Area, and S. 1309, to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for military uses; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Steven Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, and Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy, and Esther Puakela Kia`aina, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.

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